View source for 2001 Women's United Soccer Association season

{| class="wikitable"
|+Seasons
|Inaugural season
|'''2001'''
|[[2002 Women's United Soccer Association season|2002]]
|}

== Teams and Alignment ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Team
!Primary Venue
!Municipality
|-
|Atlanta Beat
|Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field
|Atlanta
|-
|Bay Area CyberRays
|CEFCU Stadium
|San José, California
|-
|Boston Breakers
|Nickerson Field
|Boston
|-
|Carolina Courage
|Fetzer Field
|Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|-
|New York Power
|Stadium at Mitchel Athletic Complex (1984)
|Uniondale, New York
|-
|Philadelphia Charge
|Villanova Stadium
|Villanova, Pennsylvania
|-
|San Diego Spirit
|Torero Stadium
|San Diego
|-
|Washington Freedom
|Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
|Washington
|}

=== Changes ===

* League enfranchised and aligned into single table.
* Atlanta Beat enfranchised, playing at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field in Atlanta.
* Bay Area CyberRays enfranchised, playing at CEFCU Stadium in San José, California.
* Boston Breakers enfranchised, playing at Nickerson Field in Boston.
* Carolina Courage enfranchised, playing at Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
* New York Power enfranchised, playing at Stadium at Mitchel Athletic Complex (1984) in Uniondale, New York.
* Philadelphia Charge enfranchised, playing at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania.
* San Diego Spirit enfranchised, playing at Torero Stadium in San Diego.
* Washington Freedom enfranchised, playing at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium.

== Regular Season Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Team
!W
!L
!T
!Pts
|-
|'''Atlanta Beat'''
|'''10'''
|'''4'''
|'''7'''
|'''37'''
|-
|'''Bay Area CyberRays'''
|'''11'''
|'''6'''
|'''4'''
|'''37'''
|-
|'''New York Power'''
|'''9'''
|'''7'''
|'''5'''
|'''32'''
|-
|'''Philadelphia Charge'''
|'''9'''
|'''8'''
|'''4'''
|'''31'''
|-
|San Diego Spirit
|7
|7
|7
|28
|-
|Boston Breakers
|8
|10
|3
|27
|-
|Washington Freedom
|6
|12
|3
|21
|-
|Carolina Courage
|6
|12
|3
|21
|}

== Postseason Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Team (Single-Game)
! colspan="2" |Team (Single-Game)
!Champions
|-
|'''Atlanta Beat'''
|'''3'''
| rowspan="2" |Atlanta Beat
| rowspan="2" |3 (2)
| rowspan="4" |'''Bay Area CyberRays'''
|-
|Philadelphia Charge
|2
|-
|'''Bay Area CyberRays'''
|'''3'''
| rowspan="2" |'''Bay Area CyberRays'''
| rowspan="2" |'''3 (4)'''
|-
|New York Power
|2
|}

== Markets and Venues ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Combined Statistical Area
!Metropolitan Statistical Area
!Metropolitan Division
!County / Equivalent
!Municipality
!Venue
!Team / Event
!Regular
!Postseason
!Total
|-
|Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA-AL Combined Statistical Area
|Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Division
|Fulton County, Georgia
|Atlanta
|Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field
|Atlanta Beat
|11
|One
|12
|-
| rowspan="2" |Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Boston, MA Metropolitan Division
|Norfolk County, Massachusetts
|Unincorporated
|Foxboro Stadium
|Atlanta Beat
|
|One
|One
|-
|Suffolk County, Massachusetts
|Boston
|Nickerson Field
|Boston Breakers
|11
|
|11
|-
|New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area
|New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metropolitan Division
|Nassau County, New York
|Uniondale, New York
|Stadium at Mitchel Athletic Complex (1984)
|New York Power
|10
|
|10
|-
|Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD Combined Statistical Area
|Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division
|Delaware County, Pennsylvania
|Villanova, Pennsylvania
|Villanova Stadium
|Philadelphia Charge
|10
|
|10
|-
|Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Orange County, North Carolina
|Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|Fetzer Field
|Carolina Courage
|11
|
|11
|-
| colspan="3" |San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|San Diego County, California
|San Diego
|Torero Stadium
|San Diego Spirit
|11
|
|11
|-
|San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Santa Clara County, California
|San José, California
|CEFCU Stadium
|Bay Area CyberRays
|10
|One
|11
|-
|Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area
|Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Washington, DC-MD Metropolitan Division
| colspan="2" |District of Columbia
|Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
|Washington Freedom
|10
|
|10
|-
| colspan="7" |'''Total'''
|'''84'''
|'''Three'''
|'''87'''
|}
[[Category:2001]]
[[Category:Women's United Soccer Association seasons]]